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[a2reed]

OK will try them ... sorry to go on but I am a tyre novice ... would Avon be any good?
 
And is it really worth the difference in tyres or is it just brand name?

[Lee A]

Tyre choice is really personal, Avon are a well known and respected brand, Bentley use them so cant be all bad!

There seems to be 3 tiers of tyre companies -

lowest are the chinese copy tyres ie your linglongs and wanlis, i would say avoid as they are cheap for a reason, i think Autocar did a test where the stopping distance in the wet was quite a few car lengths more than a branded tyre!

Middle are your Nexen / Kuhmo / Falken tyres, i think are ok if on a really tight budget, some people swear by them, others less so.

Top are your main brands, Goodyear, Continental, Avon, Michelin, Dunlop etc, companies that spend a lot on R&D.

I went with Avons from Mytyre as they were £82 each fitted where every other tyre site had them over £110! I had some Goodyear F1s from them in the summer and they were cheapest then too, im not going back to those tyres as they only lasted 10k miles and i dont need super grippy tyres for my (fairly) sedate driving style!

[dragonlord]

had a set of p6000 pirelli on mine found em to be great
payed about 390 for em fitted
found em great on my elite even with the ts off  you have to try very hard to kick the back out

done 25k on em recon a few hundred miles left on backs but getting close
fronts still good

plus of got a lead boot witch dont help

that said im skint and will go for some preworns this time as a m8 of a m8 has his own pre worn place and offered me the pick of any hes got for 20 a corner fitted and hes gets some top make preworns in

fingered at that price i cant go wrong

[cem_devecioglu]

http://www.tyrereviews.co.uk/Article/Autocar-Tyre-Test-Budget-Tyre-Performance.htm

I think this will give some idea about budget tires :-/

[dragonlord]

yea screw bugget tyers unless you like drifting a lot

beter off with some good make preworns if your skint
the prewarns i was talking about above were like mitcerlin contenental and dunlops

[a2reed]

Decided to go with the Avon DV5s from Blackboots .. hope they will be ok £93.50 per corner plus £70 inc VAT for the alignment!! nearly 440 for the lot ... cars not worth much more than that !!!!!

Have I been ripped off?
Not too late to pull out

[hotel21]

Just put a pair of F1 asymetrics on mine for £220 fitted and balanced....

[kingycos2]

A2reed... Defo, You can get 4 eagle f1 directional or aesymetric for that price fitted....
Count yourself lucky, my tyres on my 19" snowflakes cost £800 a set..

[Lee A]

Decided to go with the Avon DV5s from Blackboots .. hope they will be ok £93.50 per corner plus £70 inc VAT for the alignment!! nearly 440 for the lot ... cars not worth much more than that !!!!!

Have I been ripped off?
Not too late to pull out

You didnt want to use mytyres then? They are £86.50 fitted i think, the prices do go up and down somewhat. £70 for alignment seems high unless they are doing the full works geometry set up and it needs actually adjusting.

I would just get the tyres then shop around for alignment check, i know people recommend WIM here, i used a place in Salisbury that has the full Hunter set up and a bloke who knows how to use it, they did a cracking job on my car, although my Goodyears were worn they were even across the whole tread.

[Mr Hagon]

How about the tyre load index.  For the 235/45/17s you get to choose between a 94 and a 97 and the manual for a facelift doesn't give any guidance...

[a2reed]

did look at mytyres but was only a fiver in it per corner and a long drive so going  for the WIM chaps... partly because the old tyres are worn in all the wrong places so the full geometery thing will need doing as well ... thought I might as well get it all done at once for the sake of an extra £20 or so .. not too late if anyone has another place to go to

[Lee A]

Thats a good deal if going to WIM then, they will do a good job.